bambooXZX's personal blog, mostly dedicated to song lyrics translation from Japanese to English.

School Food Punishment

School Food Punishment (formerly school food punishment) is was ;_; a four-member Japanese band. For reasons, I ended up translating just about the entirety of their catalog, and I’ve listed all of their stuff here for convenience, as well as other works by the band’s members.

After the breakup in 2012, Uchimura and Eguchi went on to start a new band, la la larks. Hasuo is a member of a variety of groups, including 385, bonanzas, and Annabel’s current backing band siraph (along with Yamasaki for the last). Hidai seems to mostly perform live for other groups such as OverTheDogs.

I’m really, really glad that I found your blog! I’ve been listening to all their songs ever since Futuristic Imagination was released. Could only understood a few lines and really, really wanted to know what their songs were about since some of them really, really touched me (percentage in particular)

So really, thanks a lot for providing the translations. For ALL their songs. It really means a lot to a fan like me who can’t understand their lyrics even though I love their music to bits and pieces =D

I’ve thought about it, but I’m a bit hesitant to do it before a non-demo release, since I don’t usually feel comfortable with translating by ear. I might just cave and give it a try, though. “Sayonara Waltz” also has some of the lyrics in the video (I still don’t know where they came from), so that helps, at any rate.

My best-guess transcription for “Transient”:
The lust whirled slowly, the night was (a) holy world
can nap but surely who will not get(up) early high
he (washed) my (hand), he cared
he satisfied me
but not my own
he’s not my own
you will find a way until tomorrow oh
alright, why not ask him? … oh

The wounds that tiny we forget, just one thing … oh
like a heaven, like a small race, small society ooh
the new world inside of me

he (washed) my (hand), he cared
he satisfied me
but not my own
he’s not my own
you will find a way until tomorrow oh
alright, why not ask him?

I stay alone (weeping), there’s a world without him complete(ly)
wounded oh oh oh oh

he (washed) my (hand), he cared
he (washed) my (hand), he cared
he (washed) my (hand), he cared
he satisfied me ooh

I’ve been a fan of SFP since the release of Eden of the East. Even after getting into Yumi Uchimura’s new band “la la larks”, I’m still very sad that the band had to split up especially since it was the band I followed the most as well as L’arc~en~ciel.